Spurs poring over list of available players

MEMPHIS – Though the Spurs are taking a serious look at some of the players who have been released in recent days by other teams, head coach and president of basketball operations Gregg Popovich doubts the club will find a player who would figure into his regular playing rotation.

“We’re watching the wire and all the names to see if there is anyone who can fit,” Popovich said after the team’s morning practice at FedEx Forum before Tuesday’s game against the Grizzlies.

“It’s pretty late in the year and I doubt there will be any names we’d be willing to play ahead of the people who have been playing and gotten you where you’re at. With that in mind, one has to wonder what the wisdom there is, unless you think there is somebody good enough that they’re going to play ahead of what you have. I don’t know that there is anybody in that category.”

Popovich did not deny a report on YahooSports that he would meet soon with swing man Corey Brewer, available after being bought out of his contract with the Knicks, but did not elaborate.

“I’m just going to say there are six or seven names out there that R.C. and the boys have put in front of us that we’ve been discussing for the last couple of days.

“We may do something. It’s more likely that we might add somebody now than the likelihood of us having traded somebody at the trade deadline.”

One name Popovich confirmed intrigued the Spurs: Garrett Temple, the combo guard who was with the Spurs for the final weeks of the 2009-10 season and went through most of training camp before being waived.